JD Salinger has died

norm

CORNISH, N.H. (AP) -- Son says J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye, has died at age 91.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... as_di.html

CJMST3K

norm wrote:

CORNISH, N.H. (AP) -- Son says J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye, has died at age 91.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... as_di.html

RIP.


...a busy 24 hours for elderly renowned authors.

eyedclaar

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

jimed14

Damn, Howard Zinn ... JD Salinger ... and that lady from Poltergeist ....

Zelda Rubinstein, the tiny-voiced actress who played the psychic called upon to help a surburban family rid their home of a demonic force in 1982's Poltergeist, died Wednesday at a Los Angeles hospital. She was 76. Standing at only 4 feet 3 inches tall and managing to look both aged and child-like at the same time, Rubinstein made a career playing offbeat—and often scene-stealing—characters, who often had a yen for the supernatural.

JaneNY

Man another year where people keep dying, and its not even the end of January.

norm

eyedclaar wrote:

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

:shock: really?

i haven't read it since high school but have always been meaning to...you should really read it...it's right up your alley

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:( :(

eyedclaar

norm wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

:shock: really?

i haven't read it since high school but have always been meaning to...you should really read it...it's right up your alley

Hey, I stopped prowling the alleys some time ago... I live in a cave now. I'll pick it up soon.

decides2dream

CJMST3K wrote:

norm wrote:

CORNISH, N.H. (AP) -- Son says J.D. Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye, has died at age 91.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... as_di.html

RIP.


...a busy 24 hours for elderly renowned authors.

seriously!

dcfaithful

I just started reading Catcher In The Rye yesterday...a little bizarre

R.I.P. JD Salinger. :(

adam42381

I need to go read Catcher In The Rye again. Excellent book.

Lizard

RIP.

It IS a bad week---Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts) died on the 24th

JD Sal

eyedclaar wrote:

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

Catcher in the Rye is a timeless classic. You should definitely check it out.

RIP to my favorite author and literary hero :(

dasvidana

Catcher In the Rye is as relevant today as it was when Salinger wrote it. At the risk of sounding like Holden Caufield, I find myself trying to find something real amidst all the "phonies" on a regular basis these days.

PureandEasy

JD Sal wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

Catcher in the Rye is a timeless classic. You should definitely check it out.

RIP to my favorite author and literary hero :(

without a doubt one of the best books I've ever read

pjhawks

'Cather in the Rye' is one of my all time favorite books. Have read it a few times. First time was when I was 15 or 16 - absolutely loved it 1st time I read it. RIP.

mfc2006

RIP & thank you, Mr. Salinger.

intodeep

At least he lived a long and hopefully good life.

rip

dottles

RIP Mr Salinger, loved 'Catcher in the Rye' on my list of best ever books.
I try to re-read it every year.

rhcpjam1029

this is the best book i have ever had to read in my high school career. right next to 1984...

pickupyourwill

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Heatherj43

R.I.P Salinger.
I told my bf this and he said he didn't know who he was. I laughed my ass off. Mt bf always tries to act as if he is smarter than me, but didn't even know who Salinger was..LMAO!!! He is a college grad with some additional classes.
I knew he was stupid f8ck, but he hasn't even learned he's stupid yet. ROFLMAO!
Teach him to treat me as he does.

fife

i read every one of JD books and they were great. back in university, one day i decided to go and find JD. i heard that he lived in a small town named Cornish NH. i remember reading a story in esquire that kindof gave direction to JD house. so i took off and half way there i realized that it was wrong what i was doing. JD wAS A writer who wanted to be left alone. i have never care about meeting famous people but with JD you just felt like he was just some guy who you could talk too.

i never made it to Cornish but i wish i did. i just hope that (selfishly) that JD did contuine to write and we now get more great new stories from a great writer. i also hope (unselfishly) that hollywood and JD family respect JD wishes and not make Catcher a movie.

for those who have not read alot of JD stories or who think that alll he ever wrote was catcher please read Nine Strories. there are great strories like Teddy amoung others.

RIP JD thanks for the great books.

Hammerdonkey

norm wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

R.I.P.

Any writer who can deal with the madness of writing and make it to 91 has my respect. Out of all the classics, I never did read "Catcher." Guess I better get that done.

:shock: really?

i haven't read it since high school but have always been meaning to...you should really read it...it's right up your alley

Yeah, I never read it either. I actually bought it, started it, and then I either farted or started jerking my crank and decided to do something else more interesting. I remember I couldn't get into it. I'll give it another try but I'm not responsible for what I may do if it bores me again.

No disrespect to Salinger fans. It just didn't tickle my sweet spot.

dunkman

hopefully this will inspire someone to now shoot Mick Hucknall. :thumbup:

Byrnzie

I read Catcher in the Rye when I was about 15 or 16. I didn't realize how much it had influenced/effected me until I read it again about 10 years later.

Never got around to reading any of his other books though.

redrock

"I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody."

So Salinger said.

smithnic

"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."

RIP

florence151

The Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bu ... _mourn_j_d

This "tongue in cheek" article uses the concepts espoused in Catcher in the Rye to humorously (and ironically) point out the foibles of the human condition. I find it funny.

Back_Pedal

pickupyourwill wrote:

okay, haven't read catcher in the rye yet. always wanted to get around to it eventually since its a classic and then "inspired" that psycho dude to kill Lennon. it seems like an important part of history.

but I just saw a post from someone on another website whom quoted something from the Onion about "posers across the country mourning Salinger". While I get what they're saying, it also seems elitist and rude. So many people are just plain mourning the inevitability of death right now. The baby boomer generation is supposed to contain a large amount of the US population. they are in their 60's now and facing the reality of death everyday. I know because my mom makes me aware of her age and the fact that she is only 2 yrs older than her mom's death age ALL THE TIME. So while snobbish 20-something-ers sit around and laugh about the phonies, while they still borrow money from rich mommy and daddy, being care-free about death's reality until they're actually having to take care of mommy and daddy in their last years,...the rest of us just try to survive life and say " Salinger died. what a shame". Yeah, he was 91, but again he was a big part of history. Is it a wonder that its affected so many people? Why do the "educated" elitists really see the need to criticize who mourns who and if they're "qualified" to mourn that person. Maybe it just means the death of an era to some people, Onion. just like with Michael Jackson.

Don't get so serious about it...The Onion was simply mocking Holden's attitude in the novel, not the reality of death.

fife

I know this tread is old but has anyone heard about the doc. that is coming out on september 6

here is the trailer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IPsCA6ttbc

apparently there is also a book coming out on september 3,2013